The Palestine-Israel Conflict

A Basic Introduction - Fourth Edition

Paper $24.00ISBN: 9780745399263
Published
August 2017
For Sale in All Americas and the Caribbean except Canada

Cloth $90.00ISBN: 9780745399270
Published
November 2017
For Sale in All Americas and the Caribbean except Canada

The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is confusing and often misleading. In The Palestine-Israel Conflict, Gregory Harms and Todd M. Ferry provide an authoritative introduction to the topic. Balanced, accessible, and annotated, it covers the full history of the region from Biblical times up to the present.

Perfect for both general readers and students, it offers a comprehensive yet lucid rendering of the conflict, setting it in historical context. This fourth edition brings us up to date with a new introduction, conclusion, and material covering recent events: Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, the Palestinian unity deal between Fatah and Hamas, and ongoing Palestinian resistance, America’s Middle East policy, and the election of Trump.

​Cutting through layers of confused and inconsistent information, this new edition of The Palestine-Israel Conflict will clarify the ongoing struggle for all readers.

Part I: Regional History 1 Canaan-Palestine: Ancient History By Todd M. Ferry 2 Muhammed, Islam, and the Arab Empire 3 The Crusades to the Ottoman Empire

Part II: Origins 4 Jewish Persecution and Zionism 5 Palestine 6 The Genesis of Conflict: Across Two World Wars

Part III: The Conflict 7 Partition, Israeli Statehood, and the Six-Day War: 1947-1967 8 The Continuation of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1967-Lebanon 1982 9 The First Intifada and the Peace Process 10 The Second Intifada, Gaza, and the Obama Years: 2000-2016

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